Category: Media

Media Society

The Social Dilemma

What is The Social Dilemma?  First streamed in 2020, the documentary continues the looming conversation of humans’ addiction to technology as sort of an exposé. Over the hour and a half span of the documentary, we hear from various tech experts, and former employees of these companies, and see what they have to say about

By Federica Marini
December 22, 2021
9min Read
Media

Drab Normality vs the Unknown

The Great (Un)Known Encounters with the Unknown are awfully unsettling and wonderfully exciting. The discomfort of not knowing serves as inspiration for curious minds ready to abandon the safety of ‘common knowledge’ and navigate uncharted territory in search of… Who knows? Peace of mind, gold, adrenaline, magic? Creativity is an essential fuel of the intellectual

By Stefanos S. Pappas
December 14, 2021
4min Read
Media

The Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 Explained Through Cinema

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” This is how The Big Short, one of the most successful and profitable movies about the world financial crisis of 2007 – 2008 according to the Financial Times, presents its opening scene. This thought-provoking

By Elena Getici
December 8, 2021
9min Read
Arts & Culture Media

Music in the Era of Climate Change

Music, being a universal language, has been at the center of self-expression since the beginning of time. Artists often draw inspiration from the contemporary world, and with the recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, what is a more relevant and pressing issue than global warming?   Being a universal struggle that we can all

By Sana Lotia
November 23, 2021
6min Read
Media

Time’s running out; Social media paralysis

Aimlessly scrolling through TikTok for 2 hours passes by without us even realizing. On the contrary, watching a 2-hour movie on a weeknight seems like such a huge commitment. We could have done so many other things in those 2 hours rather than sit down on our couch and watch it.  Why is that? It

By Eva Michael
November 19, 2021
4min Read
Media

Is there racism in the media?

Is there racism in the media? Are events reported differently based on a person’s race? If that is true what would be the effects on society? This article attempts to answer these questions and more.

By Maria Giulia Amentano
May 7, 2021
3min Read
Media

Productivity – A Modern Social Narrative

What is productivity? First, ask yourself this question. What comes to your mind?  Are you picturing titles such as “Best productivity apps of 2020”, “10 tips to achieve more in your life”, “How to bring about your ideas in 5 easy steps”? I believe you can keep on enriching this list.  Then, try and look

By Luca Domino
May 4, 2021
8min Read
Media

Why watch people react to videos?

If you have been frequently watching videos from platforms such as YouTube or TikTok, you might have seen videos with titles “REACTING TO…” or “Funny reactions of…”.  This category of videos are called reaction videos, namely a video displaying the reaction of people (or even animals) toward another video clip. The reactors provide their comments

By Qiaojia Feng
April 30, 2021
6min Read
Media

AR-based Instagram filters setting new beauty standards

Technologies are becoming an active part of our life, more than we can imagine. Late Millennials and Generation Z have always lived surrounded by technology, always at the center of continuous advancements. This process has gone further than we can actually objectively perceive and what was before considered as sophisticated software is now part of

By Francesco Lella
April 27, 2021
6min Read